Battle of the Bulge 12 B
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Bruised at the knee, Kyuhyun pouts at his nurse, wincing every time the person touches the cut.
“Stop flinching you baby” Nurse Yesung, grabs a plaster from the first aid kit they had gotten from one of the motel staff members.
As Yesung covers the bruise, Kyuhyun bites his bottom lip to keep in a pained groan, “That is no way to talk to your patient” Kyuhyun says after Yesung is finished.
“Well, you should be happy that I offered you fix you up rather than taking you to a hospital. It could’ve been worse!” Yesung shouts, staring disappointedly down at Kyuhyun, who flinches under the intensity of the glare and tries to shrink back further onto the bed.
They had just finished another photo challenge. It was Yesung’s turn to perform the act and that just happened to be
‘Get a photo of…
A teammate posing in a tree’
Being an expert climber Kyuhyun had offered to take the challenge, not wanting Yesung to fall and hurt himself. So they found a nice tree, really tall, with a bunch of branches for stable climbing. Getting into the tree seemed easy, Kyuhyun managed to get about 9 feet up before striking a diva pose, hands on his hips, with one hip slightly tilted downwards and his mouth corked in a sort of ‘oh no you didn’t!’ ghetto way.
“Check this out” the other boy had yelled, just moments before he captured Yesung’s attention with a one handed hold on one of the branches, hanging himself from the tree with ease. He was still a good few feet away from the ground, so it looked pretty impressive from where Yesung was standing. However, the other boy appeared to have lost his grip at the last moment and dropped like a stone to the ground below, breaking a few smaller branches on his way.
Luckily only his knees had been scraped and Yesung had been willing to play nurse.
After being chastised by a worrisome Yesung, Kyuhyun had been led limping toward the car. Yesung drove them back to the motel, his driving skills still needing a bit of work but he took his time and didn’t violate any traffic laws thanks to Kyuhyun stern directions.
Driving without a license was illegal but with Kyuhyun injured he didn’t have much of a choice and his head was swarming with so many thoughts to get Kyuhyun help that he didn’t careless that he was breaking the law.
“Don’t ever do that again!” Yesung yelled, running a shaky hand through his hair.
Kyuhyun moves forward on the bed, and without much thought pulls Yesung by the wrist until the other boy is sitting on the bed next to him.
“That was really stupid of me to do. And I’m sorry for scaring you like that” he smiles sheepishly, then whines, “Just please stop yelling at me”
Unable to help the smile that tugs on his lips, Yesung rolls his eyes, “You’re such a baby sometimes”
Kyuhyun hugs him, Yesung tries to hug back but instead he ends up clinging to Kyuhyun desperately.
“I’m really sorry”
Yesung pulls back, determined to stop being such a worried wife, “Do something like that again and I will decapitate you myself”
Kyuhyun gulps loudly, not missing the serious tone in Yesung’s voice. He gapes and finally nods in understanding.
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The music is really loud and the bar is packed. Yesung fidgets at the bumping and pushing the crowd does as everyone tries to maneuver themselves around each other. His skin feels sticky already and he hasn’t even started to dance yet.
Kyuhyun is goofily bobbing his head to the music, his arms fly about above his body as he gets into the groove.
The trainer seems to notice the other boy’s reluctance to have fun and wraps his arms around Yesung’s shoulders.
“Babe, it’s a feisty in here! Let loose, go wild!” he instructs, releasing his hold before waving his arms above his head again. Yesung still doesn’t feel comfortable.
They had been driving none stop for the past few hours and where planning to take a shortcut back home tomorrow. It would be their last day on the road and Yesung had wanted this night to be a quiet one in doors but instead Kyuhyun had dragged them out to dance club for a little spring break nightclub partying. The club was opened to minors as well as adults so they didn’t find it hard to get in without an ID.
“I’m going for drinks!” Yesung shouts over the music.
Kyuhyun stops dancing, takes in Yesung’s uncomfortable posture and nods.
“I’ll go with you” he leans in and whispers directly into Yesung’s ear, the warm breath causing goose pimples on his flesh.
Yesung smiles for the first time that night. Kyuhyun leads him over the crowded bar.
“Have I told you that you look very…tasty, in those new clothes” Kyuhyun flirts shamelessly, grinning like an idiot.
Rolling his eyes, Yesung pretends he isn’t flattered at the comment. He’s wearing some of the items that were purchased for him and after studying himself in the mirror before they left the motel room, he agrees that he does look rather…appetizing.
Although he didn’t have the access to the machines like in the gym, Kyuhyun still made sure he did morning exercises and at least a thirty minutes of casual exercises just to keep his body and mind focused. They went for jogs whenever they could and that too added to whatever weight loss his body could manage while on the trip.
After thirty minutes or so of waiting, the bar clears up enough for them to get an order in.
Without an ID they both get stuck ordering the non-alcoholic beverages. However, Kyuhyun convinces the bartender to slip an umbrella straw into Yesung’s fruit cocktail, just to make it look pretty.
“Hi there” a female voice greets him politely. Yesung almost chokes on his drink as he watches a barely dressed older woman saunter sexily towards him. Kyuhyun peeks over Yesung’s shoulder, sees the woman and with a pervy grin says “Hey”
Yesung jabs an elbow into the boy’s stomach.
“I have never seen the two of you around here before”
This time Yesung answers, “We’re just passing through town”
She smiles, “Really? Where are you from?”
Before Yesung can reply, Kyuhyun moves past him and tells her. “I’m Kyuhyun, this is Yesung” he introduces them politely.
The woman doesn’t look offended by Kyuhyun’s boldness, instead she seems to encourage it, “I’m Hyuna. But people around here call me Cherry”
Kyuhyun gives Yesung a puzzled look, the shorter boy shrugs, having no idea where she’s going with this, “Why do they call you that?”
“Well, I’m known to steal a few cherries. What can I say, I like em young and beautiful”
Yesung coughs to cover a laugh. The woman is obviously a cougar out for a night of sex with some young unsuspecting young man. He glances at Kyuhyun, who looks turned off by her statement and smiles. She won’t be finding her target in one of them.
She is saying something else but then the song changes and she immediately tugs Yesung’s arm.
“This my song! Dance with me” she doesn’t give him much chance to accept or deny, pulling him into the crowd with ease.
Kyuhyun doesn’t tag along, choosing to laugh at Yesung’s bad luck as the woman grinds on him like cheese on a grater. He didn’t feel threatened by her presence with Yesung, the other boy looked as if he was witnessing a horrifying display as Cherry tried to coax him into grabbing her hips.
Yesung was in hell.
The woman, Cherry, was like an octopus. As soon as he denied one of her hands access to his asss, another one would come out of nowhere and grab his buttocks, giving it a tight squeeze.
He was trying to push her off as she attempted to wrap her legs around his waist but thankfully she is pulled off of him. Yesung goes to thank the person and finds himself staring into the murderous face of a tall, bald headed, butch man with large forearms and a heavy hulk of a chest.
He almost craps himself.
The man grabs Yesung by the collar and lifts him off his feet. The music cuts and everyone seems to clear away from around them.
“Rip, you’re here!” Cherry cried happily, struggling stupidly with ‘Rip’, however the man kept his hold on Yesung, bring the young man down until they were both eye level.
“That’s my woman you had your hands all over” Rip barks into his face.
Yesung whimpers pathetically wondering where why the fucking club security hadn’t come to his aid as yet.
Someone shoves Rip back and the other man is a bit startled and loosens his grip of Yesung momentarily.
“Your woman was molesting my friend!” Kyuhyun protests, pushing Yesung away from Rip and placing himself in the middle. Rip glared down at Kyuhyun, the other boy refused to show any fear and kept his face stern.
“He’s lying Rippie, that boy was all over me” Cherry said in her defense and Rip’s eyes blazed with a whole new fury.
“You lying bitch!” Kyuhyun accuses, glaring at her. Rip shoves the trainer aside, taking aim and ready to hit Yesung. Kyuhyun’s punch catches the man off guard and Rip staggers off course, bumping into a few screaming girls in the crowd.
Kyuhyun goes to gloat at his lucky punch but when Rip turns around with all new fury and the promise of pain and torture shining in his eyes, Kyuhyun grabs Yesung and begins rushing the other boy out of the club.
They barely make it through the crowd, exiting through the back the door with Rip still chasing behind them. They had walked to the club, therefore escaping to the car was out of the question, instead they ran about half a block before Kyuhyun tugs Yesung into the gallery of a closed movie theatre. He cradles Yesung into the corner, shielding the other boy with his body. The place is dark enough for them to hide and although they hear Rip’s enraged shout the man doesn’t pass them, either does he come in their direction. After 10 minutes pass in silence, they allow themselves the opportunity to breathe in relief.
It’s another 5 minutes before Yesung bursts out in hysterical laughter.
Kyhyun pulls back a little, watching as the other boy grabs his stomach. When Yesung straightens, they can barely see each other’s faces but Kyuhyun can tell that the other boy is smiling.
“You get me into the worst kinds of trouble sometime” Yesung chuckles slightly.
“Yeah? But at least you’d have fun facts about your life to share with your grandkids”
Yesung’s head bows and he playfully bounces the top of it against Kyuhyun’s chin. “My hero”
Kyuhyun finds comfort in their position, finding that he doesn’t want to move. When Yesung squirms against him trying to escape their stance, Kyuhyun holds him in place.
“Do you love me?” the trainer freezes instantly.
He had been leaning in to plant a sweet kiss on Yesung’s lips when the sudden question draws him up short.
Of all the things he had been expecting Yesung to say, ‘love’ was not one of them.
However, they had been circling around this topic for the past few days and Kyuhyun is not as stupid as he tries to make Yesung believe. He knows that it’s fair question. Heck, he too had been considering the possibility of love. They weren’t instantly friends at the beginning, so it wasn’t love at first sight. However, there had been a spark of attraction that he had felt and could not deny that it had settled and grown into quite an unavoidable aspect of his life.
But love was such a strong word. Kyuhyun had never been in love before. He felt differently about Yesung, the other boy was caring, charming, funny, adorable, and although he had been reluctant about his interest, blaming it on the fact that Yesung was still fat and therefore un-dateable for him. He knew now that was all a sack of bullshit. It was just a defense mechanism he had installed just for the sake of living in denial with his feelings.
“I-I don’t know if I love you yet, but, but I do know that I-I like you, well I like you a lot and I know…”
“I like you too” Yesung fumbles for Kyuhyun’s hands and when he does find them, he squeezes them in his grasp, “And I’m willing to give this…relationship? A try”
Kyuhyun’s heart almost explodes from the sudden relief that floods through his body. He had thought Yesung might’ve been a lot more hesitant to believe that he was being honest. He releases a shaky breath, bringing Yesung’s hands to his lips and pressing kisses to the knuckles.
“I truly want to give us a try too” Kyuhyun can’t help but feel a little lightheaded that he had just used the word ‘us’ to describe them.
‘Wow, we’re an ‘us’ already’
“I’m not expecting you to change too much but these past days you’ve been sincerely pleasant company and treated me as an equal…and…”
Kyuhyun leans in and bumps his forehead against Yesung’s, “So we’re giving this a chance?”
Yesung bites his lips nervously and nods, “God I hope I don’t screw this up. You’re an amazing person and anyone would be lucky to have you, babe”
Yesung grins stupidly at the compliment. Kyuhyun’s arms wrap around him and he pulls Yesung closer, “Too bad for them I’ve got you first and I’m not letting you go anytime soon”
“Such big talk for someone new to this relationship”
“Yeah well, I’m not all talk”
For a moment while leaning in, Kyuhyun hesitates, thinking Yesung might not wish to be kissed so soon into their relationship. The other boy had denied him during their dance in the park, just because they were together now, it didn’t mean Kyuhyun got special favors. He pulls back a little, not wanting to ruin their moment by rushing into the physical aspects of things. He is quite surprised at his self control and thinks proudly that he honestly does want this relationship of theirs to mean something deeper than just sex.
A frustrated moan draws him out of his thoughts just as Yesung presses eager lips onto his. There’s no slip of tongue, no raunchy licking but it’s still hot as hell! When Yesung pulls back he wipes the tip of his tongue against Kyuhyun’s bottom lip and it’s the most exotic feeling, startling a helpless groan from Kyuhyun.
“I want a pack of gummy bears” Yesung informs him happily, using Kyuhyun’s aroused distraction to escape the other boy’s position over him. He tugs Kyuhyun by the arm, leading him back onto the streets.
“Gummy bears?” Kyuhyun questions, a smile playing on his lips.
“Yes, now come on, let’s go find some”
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They don’t have sex or any form of physical intimacy that night but they do sleep cuddled and twisted next to each other. They had originally taken a room with two beds but ended up sleeping on Yesung’s bed which is thankfully big enough for the both of them.
The car ride back home through the shortcut is planning to be a long and boring one. Kyuhyun allows Yesung to drive on the straight stretch of road before taking over when they get into the more difficult twists and turns of the road.
“You know one of these days I might get caught driving without my license, and you’d have to bail me out”
Kyuhyun scoffs, “I don’t think they pull people over for driving under the speed limit”
Gasping dramatically, Yesung hits Kyuhyun on the shoulder with his half eaten bag of gummy worms.
He feeds two more to Kyuhyun, who chews happily, humming a delighted song to himself.
Yesung snickers in amusement. He had wanted to call Luna and inform her immediately but he figured he could contain the big news until he got to see her face to face.
He was a bouncing ball of excited energy, and for once life for him was wonderful. Kyuhyun’s annoying ringtone threatened to spoil his giddy attitude and he grabs it out of the cup holder.
“Who is it?” Kyuhyun asks, his eyes concentrating on maneuvering the car over a gravelly strip of road.
Yesung shrugs, not recognizing the name. He would just answer it and inform the person Kyuhyun was driving and could not come to phone at the moment.
“Hello” he greets the person on the other line.
“Hi. Uh, is Kyuhyun there?” a girl’s voice requests.
Yesung replies, “Yes, but he’s driving, so I’m sorry, could he call you back?”
The girl laughs, “Yes of course. May I ask who I’m speaking with?”
Such manners, Yesung grins, ignoring Kyuhyun’s questioning look, “Yesung. I’m on the road trip with him”
“Oh hi! It’s nice to…well, I’m sure we’ll meet when you guys get back. I totally wanted to come on that trip too but I have to work all break” she sounds like she’s pouting. Yesung makes an ‘awww that’s awful’ kind of noise.
“I know right! Anyways tell Kyuhyun, Gina called”
“Okay awesome. And, sorry, if you don’t mind me asking, but are you his family? Because I’ve…”
Gina giggles happily, “Well I hope to be family soon. But for now I’m just Gina, his girlfriend” she continues to laugh shyly. Yesung feels like a lead had just been dropped into his stomach, sinking to the deep bottom of it with a heaviness and unsettled his entire body.
“Okay Yesung. You two boys have a safe trip. Best of luck and see you soon”
He doesn’t even remember telling her goodbye. His eyes fixated on the road in front of him as he tried to keep in the bile in his throat.
“Who was it?” Kyuhyun asks, his voice cheerful.
“Oh, just Gina” Yesung murmurs, covering his face with both his palms. The car comes to an abrupt stop.
“Yesung….”
“Shut up” he mumbles, not wanting to hear Kyuhyun’s lame excuse.
Kyuhyun ignores him, “Yesung, listen to me…” he reaches over to touch Yesung’s shoulder but the other boy uncovers his face and shoves him back.
“You have a fucking girlfriend!? YOU…oh my God, oh my God, has she been calling you the entire trip?”
Kyuhyun’s face crashes guiltly.
“You fucking asshole!” Yesung doesn’t contain his anger, punching Kyuhyun on the arm harshly. He goes to hit him again but Kyuhyun grabs his fist.
“Calm down! I…I was going to break up with her…”
“When? After you slept me?! You didn’t seem to remember her last night when you were apparently being ‘honest’”
“Because I didn’t want a fight! I know, I know I’m the biggest asshole and you don’t have to believe me but I was going to end things with her as soon as we got back. I didn’t want to string her along like that and I didn’t want to break up with her over the phone and please, God, please, just believe me”
Yesung rips his fists from Kyuhyun’s grip, “Why should I? All you ever seem to do is manipulate me. You’re a jerk just for starting something with me while you’ve still got her waiting patiently back home! That’s…you know what? I’m seriously done with all this shit. If you want this relationship then you need it to end it with her and be fucking honest” Yesung opens the passenger door.
“Where are you going?!” Kyuhyun demands, already slipping off his seatbelt just in case Yesung tried to do something stupid. He had seriously had so much on his mind last night that Gina had somehow slipped his thoughts. It was only that morning while Yesung was driving that he had allowed himself to think about their current dilemma. He liked her, they had been seeing each other for a couple of weeks now but he really wanted this thing with Yesung to work.
He knew he would end things with Gina. He had hoped to keep that information away from Yesung at least until he had broken things off with her. Now he knew just how wrong he had been. If he had told Yesung about her and his intentions earlier, Yesung wouldn’t have looked at him with so much distrust and hatred.
He sighs, watching as Yesung opens the other door and slides into the back seat.
“Take me home” is all Yesung says to him for most of the trip.
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And they totally never got together and Kyuhyun was all like
but Yesung said no and it all got blurry after that,,,,and,,,and,,,and they died...yeah...true facts...
THE END
APRIL FO...Wait? It's over???!
Seriously though...*just kidding and...
TBC... :D